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Abstract
The usefulness of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of parenchymal Hodgkin's disease is illustrated in this case report. Recovery of characteristic Reed-Sternberg cells from the lavage fluid may serve as both a diagnostic and staging procedure and potentially may obviate more invasive steps such as thoracotomy.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID： 3568786 DOI： 10.1378/chest.91.5.785
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chest ISSN： 0012-3692 Impact factor: 9.410